About the role

The Senior Global Commodity Manager - Chemicals Reagents will lead enterprise-wide commodity strategy, sourcing, supplier partnership management, and cost optimization for chemicals and reagents used across waste-to-energy plants, waste-processing facilities, and other industrial operations.

The role will manage a significant portfolio that includes lime, ammonia, urea, water and wastewater-treatment chemicals, carbon products, industrial gases, solidification materials, lubricants, and other chemicals and reagents required by the business.

A key focus of this position is building strong partnerships with strategic suppliers to improve total cost, product quality, technical support, service, innovation, and supply reliability. The role will lead complex cross-functional sourcing initiatives and balance enterprise strategies with the technical and operating requirements of individual facilities.

This is a senior individual-contributor position that leads cross-functional teams and may provide category-management guidance or mentorship to other procurement professionals.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute enterprise-wide commodity strategies for chemicals and reagents.
• Lead the complete sourcing process, including market analysis, RFI/RFP/RFQ development, supplier evaluation, negotiation strategy, contracting, implementation, and benefit tracking.
• Build and manage strategic relationships with key chemical and reagent suppliers.
• Lead supplier business reviews, performance scorecards, escalations, and joint improvement plans.
• Hold suppliers accountable for cost, safety, quality, service, delivery, technical support, innovation, and supply continuity.
• Partner with suppliers, Operations, and Logistics to optimize freight, delivery methods, inventory levels, tank utilization, and supply reliability.
• Identify opportunities for supplier consolidation, product standardization, demand management, alternative products, and total-cost improvement.
• Balance enterprise commodity strategies with site-specific technical and operational requirements.
• Partner with facility leadership, regional procurement, Operations, Engineering, Environmental, Safety, Finance, Legal, and Logistics.
• Support supplier and chemical-product qualification, including specification reviews, technical evaluations, plant trials, risk assessments, and stakeholder approvals.
• Monitor chemical markets, feedstock costs, freight, production capacity, and supply-chain risks.
• Develop backup suppliers, alternative products, and business-continuity plans for critical chemicals.
• Analyze spend, pricing, consumption, supplier performance, and market data and provide recommendations to leadership.
• Deliver measurable savings, cost avoidance, risk reduction, working-capital improvement, and service improvement.
• Support other procurement priorities based on business needs.
• Up to 30% travel time, could be international travel

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Supply Chain, Procurement, Business, or a related field.
• At least 7 years of experience in strategic sourcing, commodity management, procurement, supply chain, or commercial management.
• Candidates must have either:
  • Procurement or commodity-management experience within the chemical industry; or
  • A chemistry, chemical-engineering, or related technical background combined with significant procurement or strategic-sourcing experience.
• Experience developing and executing category or commodity strategies.
• Demonstrated success managing strategic suppliers and improving supplier performance.
• Experience leading competitive sourcing events and negotiating complex supply agreements.
• Ability to understand chemical applications, specifications, cost drivers, logistics, storage, handling requirements, and supply risks.
• Strong analytical, negotiation, communication, influencing, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to independently resolve supply, supplier-performance, and commercial issues in an industrial operating environment.
• Ability to work across multiple facilities, regions, and functions in a matrix organization.
• Ability to travel to operating facilities and supplier locations as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct procurement or commodity-management experience for industrial chemicals and reagents.
• Experience sourcing water-treatment chemicals, industrial gases, carbon products, solidification materials, lubricants, fuels, or related industrial products.
• Experience qualifying chemical suppliers and products through specification reviews, technical evaluations, plant trials, and stakeholder approval.
• Experience in waste-to-energy, power generation, utilities, waste management, environmental services, chemical manufacturing, chemical distribution, or another heavy industrial sector.
• Knowledge of emissions control, water and wastewater treatment, ash treatment, combustion, or other industrial chemical applications.
• Experience managing national, regional, or global chemical supply agreements.
• Experience conducting supplier business reviews and managing supplier-performance programs.
• Professional certification such as CPSM or CSCP is preferred.

Measures of Success

• Sustainable savings and total-cost improvement
• Strong strategic supplier partnerships
• Improved supplier quality, service, delivery, technical support, and supply reliability
• Increased spend under contract
• Successful supplier and product qualification
• Improved freight and supply-chain performance
• Reduced supply risk and price volatility
• Effective adoption of commodity strategies across operating facilities

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In addition to salary, this role is eligible for benefits. The benefits would include medical, prescription drug, vision, and dental plans; 401(k) plan; paid parental leave; paid time off; and paid holidays.

Additional details are available at https://www.reworldwaste.com/careers/benefits.

For additional information, refer to the Pay Transparency section below.

All Reworld positions require a candidate's ability to perform the duties and responsibilities of the role while upholding Reworld's Values, including (but not limited to) contributing to a safe and inclusive workplace, delivering results through trust, and building breakthrough capabilities.

Please note that Level, Title and/or Salary may be adjusted based on the applicant's experience or skills.

Pay Transparency

Reworld is committed to paying its staff equitably, and we strive to provide competitive compensation and benefits packages. The range below reflects Reworld's reasonable estimate of base pay for this role based on primary posting location. It is expected that most qualified candidates in this location will fall within the posting range. The final salary offered for this role will be determined based on factors including, but not limited to: experience, education, geographic location, skills and competencies, travel requirements and/or union contracts (if applicable). Pay ranges are reviewed from time to time and may be modified in the future.

The pay range for the primary location of this position is: $121,584.00 - $180,876.00 USD

Reworld™ provides an industry-leading benefits package that supports the whole person-and their families-through a balanced approach to mental, physical, and financial wellbeing. Regular full-time employees based in the USA have access to comprehensive medical, prescription drugs, dental, and vision coverage, FSA, HSA, short- and long-term disability benefits. Our 401(k) plan is industry-leading, with an up to 7% company match. Additional benefits include Company-paid life and AD&D insurance, EAP, paid parental leave, and educational assistance. For more information regarding these offerings, please visit the Reworld Careers Benefits Page. Reworld™ reserves the right to amend, suspend or terminate any benefit plan, in whole or in part, at any time.